A horrible history for Woking

Prepare yourselves for a show that’s truly horrible as the Birmingham Stage Company bring those Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians to the New Victoria Theatre with Horrible Histories Live on Stage from Wednesday to Saturday April 11 to 14.

Prepare yourselves for a show that’s truly horrible as the Birmingham Stage Company bring those Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians to the New Victoria Theatre with Horrible Histories Live on Stage from Wednesday to Saturday April 11 to 14.

These two shows use actors and special Bogglevision 3D effects to help transport the audience back in time and experience what it was really like to live in Tudor and Victorian eras in Britain and showing that history is far from boring.

In the Terrible Tudors you’ll be taken on a journey from the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth and hear the legends (and the lies) about the torturing Tudors.

Find out about all the yucky things they did from eating live spiders to cure their sickness to just how much they would have whiffed – with Queen Elizabeth I considering herself to be one of the cleanest women in England... she only took a bath every three months.

In Vile Victorians you’ll see just what it was like over 100 years ago during Queen Victoria’s reign – the longest reign of any British monarch.

From the rotten railway, misery of the mines and filth of the factories – you’ll see first hand how vile it really was.

Both shows are adapted from Terry Leary’s best selling Horrible Histories books, which have made him the world’s best selling non-fiction author for children. Not only on stage, Leary’s books have been made into an award winning television series, recently winner of a British Comedy Award for Best Sketch Show 2011, it’s currently in its second series on BBC TV.

The Birmingham Stage Company are no stranger to adapting much loved children’s stories for all to enjoy on stage including The Jungle Book, Tom’s Midnight Garden, M I High, George’s Marvellous Medicine and most recently in Woking with Horrible Histories – Awful Egyptians and Rotten Romans.

Bringing history alive both Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians are not only informative but funny and entertaining shows – letting you discover all the really gruesome bits of history that teachers never tell you – a perfect treat for all the family this Easter.

Tickets cost £17.50 and can be booked by calling the box office on 0844 871 7645 (fees apply), the Groups Booking Line on 0844 871 7601 or online at www.atgtickets.com/woking (fees apply).